An Experiment in Misery: Stories
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An Experiment in Misery: Stories

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Though best known for "The Red Badge of Courage," his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories--among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story--that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fictio

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Paperback, 224 pages
Published May 1st 2009 by Harper Perennial (first published April 17th 2009)
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Jason Beymer
"The Monster" is one of my favorite short stories of all time. This has some good stuff, and the book is small and portable.
Mollymillions
Stephen Crane is mean as dirt. I found little art and much bile in these short stories.
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Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist, best known for the novel Red Badge of Courage. That work introduced the reading world to Crane's striking prose, a mix of impressionism, naturalism and symbolism. He died at age 28 in Badenweiler, Baden, Germany.

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